So, maybe a bit of a silly question here, but here it goes.
I noticed I was having some weird application issues. Hangs, crashes, etc. I ran some diagnostics, and everything was fine until I ran memtest86+. Turns out the RAM in this machine (specs in system one below) is full of errors. If I remember right, it came up with a dozen or more. Of course, I neglected to get a picture of it. Anyway.
I ordered some replacement RAM from Amazon. OWC 32GB DDR4-2666 Unbuffered ECC RAM. The currently has non-ECC RAM in it. I know the system supports it, confirmed by reading the tech specs documentation. The system is configured with the Xeon W-10855 CPU, and the motherboard supports it as well.
Where my question comes in is, will this just plug and play as I am thinking it should? Or is there something special that Ill have to do to get it to register the ECC RAM? IVe looked through the UEFI firmware settings, and nothing seems to suggest that there are any settings I have to change.
Link to the RAM in question: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCF65QG4?smid=A2W0TEJ3MK1XP5&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp&th=1
The reason I chose the ECC RAM over non-ECC is well.... why not? The system supports it, might as well use it type thing. The cost difference doesn't mean much to me, and the extra stability feature is nice. For what I do, the step down from DDR-3200 (it only ran at 2933 and not the full 3200, even though the modules supported it) shouldn't be too noticeable from what I've read.
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I noticed I was having some weird application issues. Hangs, crashes, etc. I ran some diagnostics, and everything was fine until I ran memtest86+. Turns out the RAM in this machine (specs in system one below) is full of errors. If I remember right, it came up with a dozen or more. Of course, I neglected to get a picture of it. Anyway.
I ordered some replacement RAM from Amazon. OWC 32GB DDR4-2666 Unbuffered ECC RAM. The currently has non-ECC RAM in it. I know the system supports it, confirmed by reading the tech specs documentation. The system is configured with the Xeon W-10855 CPU, and the motherboard supports it as well.
Where my question comes in is, will this just plug and play as I am thinking it should? Or is there something special that Ill have to do to get it to register the ECC RAM? IVe looked through the UEFI firmware settings, and nothing seems to suggest that there are any settings I have to change.
Link to the RAM in question: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCF65QG4?smid=A2W0TEJ3MK1XP5&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp&th=1
The reason I chose the ECC RAM over non-ECC is well.... why not? The system supports it, might as well use it type thing. The cost difference doesn't mean much to me, and the extra stability feature is nice. For what I do, the step down from DDR-3200 (it only ran at 2933 and not the full 3200, even though the modules supported it) shouldn't be too noticeable from what I've read.
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